Webster University Ghana campus holds graduation
The Webster University, Ghana campus has held a graduation ceremony for its second batch of masters’ students with a commitment to continue producing quality human resource capital to support the nation’s socio-economic development.
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In view of that, the university, with its main campus in St Louis Missouri in the United States of America, said it would ensure that its academic programmes were geared towards addressing challenges bedevilling the nation.
The Director of the University, Mrs Christa E. Sanders, made that known at the second graduation of the school in Accra.
Accreditation
The Ghana campus of the Webster University received accreditation from the National Accreditation Board in 2013 to run both graduate and undergraduate programmes.
The students graduated in Master of Art in International Relations (IR) and Master of Business Administration (MBA) programmes spanning a period of 14 months.
Five students, made up of three IR students and two MBA students, graduated from the school after going through a 14-month course. Six others, who commenced the same programmes, would however graduate at the main campus in St Louis Missouri in the USA, after joining other international students over there to complete their course.
Be global changers
Earlier in her opening remarks, Mrs Sanders challenged the graduands to strive to make positive impact on the development of their respective countries.
According to her, nations of the world today were battling with numerous problems, but education had got a lot to offer as far as those challenges were concerned.
“As you have gone through these rigorous trainings for the past year, we challenge you to change the status quo in your countries,” she stressed.
Mrs Sanders also pledged the school’s unflinching support for the graduands, and noted that the university’s alumni were major players in its affairs.
A playwright, Mr James Ebo Whyte, popularly known as Uncle Ebo, also charged the second batch of graduating students to be resolute in their decisions to make meaningful contributions to the development process, for the better.
Using Ghana as an example, Uncle Ebo said it was the responsibility of the people to stand firm and remain committed to national development.
With their global exposure, he said it meant a lot in view of the fact that they could make changes based on the experience they had from other nations.
He, therefore, challenged them to work diligently to ensure that Ghana attained the best of progress in all aspects.